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st for Juneau and vicinil THIS AFTERNOON| cuuts™: beginning at 3:30 p.n., Deec, 11: siorn 1 'light rain tonight apnd Tuesday,- mod e to 2 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 11, 1939 “q t i familiarity h Al 1 d oy £ | ! |ington and familiarity with A master General to spend. up to|be provided at Fairbanks in cnn- | U. S. DEPAR' g 5 DIM ON D ON kan needs, conld do much for the $125000 per year to placé on the|striiction of the Army's (um !TEA HONOR'NG el AGRICULTEB.E. b k Territory in & personal visit to! Alaska Peninsula and Alelitian Is-|weather experimental air station,| rl Is ‘ THE WEA I'HEI. the capital, the Del te said land run a vessel of suitable size| Dimond estimated. He said l!"*‘ { MRS GRUENING t | (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) | | | Interior Trospering to carry freight and passengers as|Army was doing the work nw,x Dimond declared that if therest| well as mail. When the hew sérV-{on Iorced account and was giving| n(e of Alaska was as well off this year|jce is instituted, Alaska will bejall jobs to resident Alaskans, work-| as the Interior i Westward, one of two places in the nation]ing through the Alaska Terr ial g 14 a Te fresh southeasterly winds; minimum temperature tonight about 32 | where mining is the ba me of where such an arrangement is{Employment Service offices. The {epree industry, the Territory would be being carried out. The other is ialbig crew will be put ta work Inn I Honoring Alaska's First Lady, Mrs, | degree rosperous indeed. Southeast Al-| New Hampshire, Giptaid “Woid) whd[the 'spriig. At present 90 men are Ernest , Gruening, a tea is being a, depending upon the fishing | holds ' the present contralt, prob+|working clearing and laying an ast for Southeast Alaska: Northern portion — Intermitten ain, exxcept light snow in the extreme northeastern portion t and Tuesday; moderate to fresh southeasterly wind, except j kS c given this afternoon in the Gold |Room of the Baranof Hotel by Mrs a R G industry likely to have a hard | ably will have someé idea$ regardséxperimental slab of concrete. ash 1 orl v Delegaie Says Sessmn '0 time of it this winter by compari- | ing service with a larger boat for| Dimond said he was informed a Rel axes Previous Ru'e Robert Bender and Mrs. Edward L. ’1 ‘0_“”“: bbb LN:" ;am‘ Southern portlon—Rain "tonight and son, the convenience of residerits of the{large percentage of the workers S tletty S it i e gt L g “- ‘1 v;l w;‘:}“‘s‘c”y e ¢ Hear Demand fOf Alas_ The Delogate vislted Fairbanks, |Far Westward sn the nayal,airbage project &t A ams' EX ort Of | Due to the early arrival of the r wines along the coast of the Gulf of ‘Alaska: Afichordge and Sewatd atd spoke Kodiak were also resident Alas-| |Yukon, Mrs, Bender, who had plan-| A di is located in the lower southwestern portion of the k D l ' “many “.!lf!"vm‘\“" u‘ D [ O kans. B | w M t H I |ned to leave aboard the steamer| Gulf. s along the coast will be fresh to strong southeasterly to- a Developmen to ma ople from Nome 1¢ to have Hore ‘tourlsts next : | ar Maieriais {for Ketchikan on business, was un= y increasing Tuesday from Dixon Entrance to Sitka At hikan, Dimond plans to summer than it can take care of. Rudsy TS labl nt ¢ lac iy fre c ink e R oo o] Lo @ a 3t Bealy this BEtATHOGEL. fist. betore —_— : {able to be present and her place in ng easterly from to Cape Hinchinbrook, and fresk Now is The Hime 185 to toWh| B o i e oot | Poedhe of the expected influx{, FaUW ohis BHETRC U U0 V| LONDON, Dec. 11.—Reliable sourc- the receiving line was taken by Mrs rly from Cape Hinchinbrook to Kodiak, on Alaska development in the way s - el of visitors, the Delegate changeddrnty ® %0 " o Bouer Station (€S said Great Britain has agreed topJ. A. Hellenthal. » of roads, airfields and national de-|been for s e ;""" ‘”'”] where | his adjective describing tourists K;N;a Loy e p“h::i n} Ly |allow Finland to purchase British glatpgtl 9 LOCAL DATA e kg A wishes to check up on the wel «dar; , «blessed.” INY. a gh 4p RN, | r fense works, Delegate Anthony J Sror e AL R 1“,”" dunr‘t_l to blessed. Both outgoing Goy, John W 'I‘roy:“m material dr\spm.a previous xuh‘ ime Barometer Temo Humidity wina Veloeity Weather Dimond d today during a brief ¥ Sl The only limit on the number of 1o |against export of war goods. 0 p.am. Vest’s 29.15 37 87 5 v seople; too, and fine people at j 7land Govetnor Gruering. The Dele- | Py | pm. 3 20.15 sW 5 Lt. Rain stop in Juneau while the south-|Peoh iy b, at| people who Will come t0 Afaska atd urged that the Douglas bridge | Relaxation of the ruling has taken | $80 % m " oduy 37 93 SE 12 Oludy '8 bound steamér Yukon was in port,| that”). He inteiids to take the as roundtrippers next Sumnibr, DISYECK TR s "igge In nonor |08 sbeclal significance in wiew of LEAV!HG FOQIH on today .. 2 671 S8E.6 Cloudy Paying his respects today to Gov. | Northland to attle | mond said, will be the passenger-| o man who obtained it for G the fact that the League of Nations, WA ; Y Ernest Gruening, Dimond urged the Westward Boat Service 1 carrying facilities olr the ;hnps He tineay, Channel, He said that his meeting today, will hear Finlands| RADIO REPORTS new chief executive of the Terri- Before returning to Washington, | said that, like switzérland, Aldska 2 rie demands that Russia be declared an . arl | TODAY opposition to Gruening, Based ¢ orvell Streamlined Craft Will| Max tempt. | Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:3Cam tory to go to Washington when the | Dimond will confer at Seattle with will have people coming for' 100 sp | BBET : Hirgly on, the fact the Jig gppotntee Station last 24 houre | temp. temp. 24 hours Weathor,ig Navy, War and Department of In-|Captain Peter Wold, owner of the | years to sée our scénery ‘s 4 're<} nt of arritory, E . ferior’ appropration Bills ate con- | Fern, Westward Alaska’s mail ves- [sult of the word-of-mouth adver w:;,‘,‘g&‘;:fif,‘,‘fof mgz):st,’l;:nd that Take Place of Two Anchorage B ‘ 20 21 0 Cloudy sidered by Congress at the next|sel. At the last regular session, the| tising’ the Territory will have next fie and all Alaskans will work with| Avp Announ(e P ' l B ' B -2 -6 -2 0 Clouds session. The Governor, because of | Delegate was able to obtain pas- | summer. o Hew Governor whole:heartedly | airol boais Nome 10 \ -6 -1 0 Cloudy his wide acquaintance in Wash-[5agé of a bill Authorizing the Pasr-f A thousand m&*m XT&s‘Ymn Will}}) the interests of Alaska. He prais- | iroxiia Bethel 7 ‘ -6 -5 0 Clear \’ = 5 f z O e F7T ~———[ed" Griening for hjs effective work The Coast Guard patrol boat Mor- Ffurlmnk.x 2 | 13 -12 T on behalf of the Territory in Wash- New I(ers ris, of Seward, was, in Juneau t St. Paul 23 | 19 20 0 Cleal | morning, southbound on perhaps its| Dutch Harbor . 32 | 29 30 02 Cloudy ¥E L e — last trip in Alaskan waters. Kodiak 39 38 39 14 Cloudy i \ i< The Morris, Lt. L. F. Gar-| Cordova 39 | 32 38 14 Clear Tue ME“ MAKE | SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—James Carey, |cia, is going to Seattle where its| Juneau % 2 i e holear 4 - | member of the Alaska Highway com- | perscnnel will be tran: ed to the| Sitka 42 36 16 4 | mission, has been announced as “‘9“;311‘01 boat Bonham Curtiss| Ketchikan 44 40 4 A1 Rain % Nlm" S!AR(H {new Northern Chief of the Alaska-|Bay, Marfland. | 55 | 44 46 44 Cloudy Yukon Pioneers at Seattle. The Bonham, recently stream- Portland 52 { 42 43 39 Rain FOR HUN]‘SME | Other officers are John Gravem,|lined and modernized throughout,| San Francisco .. 64 { 50 50 19 Clear -4 1 Ch‘vlmm A. J. Goddard, Record: s the same type of craft as b 4 RIS g ! Blix, Treasurer; Ed Miller, Chap-|ris. 125 1,..3';{-1~. it will WEATHER SYNOPSIS P ! hm Fred Bond, Trail Blazer; Dan |plage of the M g | Ch At e L LA s ik amdi {Climb Mount Roberts 11| Bariow, Aasistant. Tead Diaserit™ Ditlees sid o aities hidthoor| Safir PG, BeREe o S s s ! | Thomas Wilson, Trustee; Sam Olson, | | Ketchikan, will also be replace | TSIOGARRD IR (OTdie oK aciio, Ooiin, LY s H Darkflegs b loSi Sumncl o g e LT storm area of marked intensity centered at latitude 48 degrees and - —— I P P gitude 158 degrees, where a pressure of 2830 inches ailed han, They similar to the Sl 3 & 7 5 3 <o Huniers Safe VT el general pressure distribution has ecipita- 3 JEWE'"'S Go ou! Lt by i tion along the coastal regions from the ward to ™ ] i \; iy lO’th‘ East Ci California and by generally fair weather over the interior and Because two women walking on| 0“ YUKON TODAY lw e RS ast Vo ekl hak ‘ the Basin Road saw two figures mov- | m,‘l{?‘cf x!‘v‘ll b tled three differe Temperatures continued above normal the Al [dig ‘apout on the sowy slopes of | = L P i el XN | road belt southeastward to Southeast Alaska Adnt, Roperts, yesierday atternacr Robert Lee, Donna |six days for the trip {rom Sewaxd | paEau Do, @2 punsel, 8:8) am Vshortly before dark and reported | three children, :theh- observations to the Fire D(»_‘Jeau and Mar sailed south on the |to Juneau , { partment, two volunteers from Ju- |Steamer Yukon this afternoon for an| It arrived in Juneau last night | indefinite visit in the States |and was to leave at noon teday for ' e !slo [ I gau made a needless hike to the 2 ,r.ap of the mountain in a snowstorm | The Jewetts will remain in Seattle. o b | - ‘and darkness. for two weeks, then go to Eastern X shi | LONDON, Dec. 11.—The val o i~ On the report the figures on the | Washington to visit Mrs. Jewett's { ] | ; ol P et e Wouhtain’ were “apparently floun- | folks until Febx eglon Ies or of 1,000 barrels of Canadian apples |d¢rlng ‘aimlessly in snow,” volunteers - & ‘1 | for British troops and their family, i g ' ies is announced. in London toda | Norman Banfield and Holly Trip- | | . | S to the p bl S h I ll n ef!on | e | . The app! re donated by the® :pletbe made a flashlight trip to the | u |( ( oo o The RRO s 4 top of the mountain. | . § e | “Vifie’ bedrcheis faced a heavy \,,OW\ 5 He,e OMOITOW | T swnual dinner-business meet- | Also anounced today as the do 1 jin the Rifle and Pistol Club |nation by the wife of Canadian High jstorm near the mountain top and ; A ! h will be held tomorrow night at 6:30 | Commissioner, Mrs. Vincent Ma made their entire journey by dark-| [ Aabltan . ahtan: sarvions: will be | Orolodk At Bech g bt g Ny for avfanth i ness, from four in the afternoon un- [ American Legion services will be jo'clock at Percy's Cafe and not only |is a ton of clothing for Fr |l eight in the evening. Two flares | held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock | mem but all others interested |children evacuated from the: fron- | were fired at the top of the moun-| l; -[113(- “Cfl_“ Nlmoliy -l;‘[n(.h;?”-(- A\”\‘I. \y(_ Teqiip «1 o attend, of course |t zone. e tain before the return trip was be-| The Juneau Public School has ‘d“\‘l‘]‘ “"‘I‘l““kn »j“_n ’W”:‘ By '“'/’\‘f',', COVEIRRS gun and footprints of the two sought|recelved a gifh of 150 seats, prc'\wllmo A ed vl\“’wv |‘|AL( ; mx"(‘!‘n\ in ‘/\: —‘4- ) f officers w {Tor persons found leading down off | sented by the First National Bapk|W!> Passed away fash Saturcay g, election of offic morning. | — || the mountain, | of heau. seats are those ¥ b gF (duneai; The, 36atp . 8Ip 4 All members of the American Le- m the Capitol Theatre,| . 3 gion and Legion Auxiliary are re- Ry * s of the even- be held. ROAD MAN OUT Tom Carr, Alaska Road Commis- {sion employee from Fairbanks, was AMERICAN women spend about |a through passenger on the Yukon, Back in Juneau, Banfield and Trip- | removed | plette found the “missing” parties|which is undergoing extensive re-| ' . .. i B AT 4 o $25.000,000 s for bathing|headed Outside on leave. P h d h L e T e ab led in “‘“i.vow' ; y ) i3 o »-mg‘ variety v RESER. Today’s r\eww Tod:xy Empirc ‘ { ad only been ptarmigan hunting|Grade School Amliloflum ‘; AATRE IR A agia W RFA 5 | i o sl 5z % en your gran fi.lt ?r gnd returned home shortly Mter d } needed tobacco he probably went to the tobacconist ark. N Ch i in his community and had a lot of fun blending differ | 0|'W0men [s masJ ent types of tobacco together and trying out the differe 1 Brock QU‘DTATIONI i ‘Dmner On ThUI'SdaY i | } ent mixtures. H 4 | ' NEW YORK, Dec. 11. — Closing| conristmas contributions in holi- | ! {'quotation of Alaskn Juneau mine|qay wrappings will be received . i HF MAY HAVE FINALLY HIT on a combinas stock! today is 6%, American Can|Thursday evening at the annual| ;l tion of tobaccos that was pretty much to his fancy. B/l A&:fi:ga Pt;vgfr u}:}xglmls}i]g;;: Egmd cheer dinner of the ?(,,.t\.og; 4, s, men. he affair wi star a | 1 that tasted all right to him and wasn’t too strong. . fsteel 8, Commonwealth and|gyelock and will be in the parlors of ! the tobacconist, with an eye to future business, would g‘;‘;‘gfi‘;"M‘u’taHC:;f‘“ gy Je Jaien LNt BEAREER 1 | . ¥ reh. make up this private blend and keep some of it on lal Harvester 597, Kemnccott 37%.| Mrs. R E. Roberison will preside | hand for him New York Central 17%, Northern|at the dinner table in the absence i s { Pacific 9, United States Steel 66%,of Mrs. Edith Sheelor. The menu | Pound $3.91. will be prepared by a committee of women from the World Service Cir- THIS HIT OR MISS METHOD of fOLam DOW, JONES AVERAGES cle, headed by Mrs. Katherine Kook~ | Hendin was never very satisfactory. But it proved The following are today’s Dow,|er, and tables will be decorated b}‘ 4 % f 2 4 | Jones averages: industrials 147.05, | Mrs. George Phillips. one thing to both smokers and manufactarers, that rails 3124, ytilities 24.89 Mrs. Harold Smith will be guest i —_———— —— speaker for the occasion, Misses ; you must have a blend of tobaccos to get belter i e ot Tean Gl aonr o | smoking results, because no one tobacco by itself Bowling resumes at thg Elks to- |ifer wiu sing duets on the evening's mght with three matches on sched- | program, and piano selections will {ule: Butchers vs. Amazons, Fos-|be presented by Miss Francis Wheel- ters vs. Editors, and Engineers vs.|Or. | Bnipes. 2 @ it 4 Rescrvations_for the dinner may ! 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